Respect for us younger blokes

[AB]

Know it's late so don't expect many replies tonight but...

I always look out to take the trolley back at people in local supermarket if they are older then me or look struggling, etc.

I did it tonight as I was wearing my qld Union top after I washed my gq after a mud day (may have looked slightly dodgy but...)and the old bat looked shocked which made me think do others do this or did I look like a stalker?

I regularly do it in my local supermarket and I get a lot of shocked and I must say unappreciated responses so just checking is this trait lost or???

[4bye4]

Too many people expect that there is an ulterior motive for everything these days - or maybe you do look like a stalker. LOL

[growler2058]

You're just a shady lookin dude


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[Bloodyaussie]

Know it's late so don't expect many replies tonight but...

I always look out to take the trolley back at people in local supermarket if they are older then me or look struggling, etc.

I did it tonight as I was wearing my qld Union top after I washed my gq after a mud day (may have looked slightly dodgy but...)and the old bat looked shocked which made me think do others do this or did I look like a stalker?

I regularly do it in my local supermarket and I get a lot of shocked and I must say unappreciated responses so just checking is this trait lost or???

Lets just day this.... you take great pride in dressing down.

Mags wants me to stop dressing like I am working on my car...lol

[BigRAWesty]

In the same boat ab. Try opening a door for a heavily pregnant women the other day pushing a pram and the look I got was like daggers gouging my eye balls out.
It's a Pitty I have such a shit memory because next time I'd sit and watch her struggle..

But yes I also assist the elderly but also if walking past a not used troll in the car park I garb it on the way. Grinds my gears when you pull into a park and it has a trolly in it....

[DX grunt]

I at least look for the trolley storage area in the car park and return the trolley there. If I'm close enough to the store, I'll return it there.
A couple of times I've returned it to the trolley attendant and have always received a "thank you".

I'm not a person that leaves the trolley on an incline and watch it charge into the side of someone else's vehicle, as I'm driving off. Somebody might be using their dash cam in 'Parking" mode. lol.

[threedogs]

Gotta pay for a trolley at my shopping centre and ppl are paid to retreive all the trollies.
If you dont have a gold coin to unlock a trolley you can use about 250mm of 4mm wire..
But paying for them [sort of] it means not many loose trollies to damage cars on windy days

[NissanGQ4.2]

I still do it, and hold the door open for others not just ladies, can't say I have ever had a negative response for doing it.

Maybe the old lady was shocked that there is still people out there that do it rather than the fact she thought you were a shady character.

[Bob]

Maybe the old lady was shocked that there is still people out there that do it rather than the fact she thought you were a shady character.

I would pump for the shady character bit LMAO

[Winnie]

Lets just day this.... you take great pride in dressing down.

Mags wants me to stop dressing like I am working on my car...lol
Nothing wrong with that...

Really? I always get a smile or a thanks... Bloody melbournites!

[Cuppa]

Back in the day ............. when I used to get around in bike gear - leathers & cut-off’s - I used to get quite a kick out of the pleasantly surprised reactions of little old ladies when I offered to help them across the road or similar. Always good to challenge stereotypes.

One incident stays in my mind. Son & I were riding up to Darwin on my Thunderbird. Stopped in one of those small northern SA towns still lost back in the 50’s. As we walked down the main street in our leathers, carrying our helmets, we were accosted several times by little old ladies out doing their shopping. With 100% eye contact they engaged us wanting to know where we’d come from, where we were going & to tell us about their town. They were great ....... & it was us who were surprised!

[SonOf]

Sadly I think some people now get suspicious when you try to help them. I remember back in Sydney when I was travelling to work on the train, I aw this lady standing and looking tired so I caught her eye and nodded to my seat, she smiled and started to move towards me and when I got up this other guy pushed past me and jumped into the seat and just sat there and refused to move when I challanged him, prat

[threedogs]

Sadly manners in their true sense are a dying race , sad but true.
Just look at the way kids talk to you now,

[Stropp]

Yes I still hold doors open and ask if the "oldies" need a hand with their trolley or something heavy.

[Woof]

Yes I still hold doors open and ask if the "oldies" need a hand with their trolley or something heavy.

You are an "oldie" mate, it is most likely the other way around....haha

[Bush Ranger]

She`s probably shocked to see a Patrol owner wanting to drive a shopping trolley.

[Dhuck]

Wanted to comment, but didn't what to say. It was all said before in this thread. How old are we all getting?

[taslucas]

Riding the trolley back is half the fun!

tappin from tassie

[Maxhead]

Riding the trolley back is half the fun!

tappin from tassie

You mean with the granny in it don't you?? Lol


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[blocko05]

I still help people out regardless of gender or age. I have had mixed responses but mainly good ones. Manners will get you a long way in the long run.

[dads tractor]

Regardless of the outcome offer your help and manners ,as it will get a positive response most of the time and you have just made someones day a bit better. (Probably yours )

[mudski]

You mean with the granny in it don't you?? Lol


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No he meant riding the granny....

Try doing contract work in a hostpital with an entire floor of pregnant woman. With half of them screaming out they want to kill the bastard who put them in the hospital.
I used to stop and offer help to someone if i saw them broken down, but after the last two times i got abused i dont bother anymore.
Having said that a young chat in a GU td42 stopped and asked me when i was in Parkes last week with the bonnet up. Nice young fella he was.

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[threedogs]

Manners cost nothing, it costs nothing to open a door or offer help.
It also cost nothing to be polite and respectful of other ppl.

[jack]

I always open or hold open doors for people regardless of their age if I'm near the door. Find that there are a few people who don't acknowledge you these days so I usually say 'thank-you' to them.
Only ever had one negative reaction, had one woman tell me I didn't have to hold the door for her just because she was a lady. I told her I was holding it open because I was a gentleman - gave me a very dirty look and keep walking.

[Bush Ranger]

^^^ I had a similar situation that had a `if you were a gentleman and if you were a lady`.
A place that I once worked at, had a female representative from a company turn up one day. She happened to drop a few sheets of paper on the floor and made a joking remark about `If you were a gentleman, you`d pick that up for me`. I came back jokingly `If you were a lady, I`d pick it up`. Geez, what a performance I received from her and the boss, Gold Logie award winning show they put on. I thought to my self, she obviously meant what she had said for her to react like that and tried to pass it of as humour. I told her I wasn`t going to pick it up now and walked off.

[Bloodyaussie]

Ok we are all gentlemen and are not that guy but who is.... no really who is that guy.

How come they never get on and say "i dont help people i am a prick"

You know a bit of Dennis leary....I'm an asshole!!!!

[Punderhead]

Ok we are all gentlemen and are not that guy but who is.... no really who is that guy. How come they never get on and say "i dont help people i am a prick" You know a bit of Dennis leary....I'm an asshole!!!!

I'm that guy....









..... When I'm trying to annoy my little sister.

[james008]

I'll usually hold a door open for someone. I was at Tafe today and held a door open for some bloke, I think he was a teacher, and he seemed almost surprised I did so.
Having said that, it's likely that holding a door open is out of the ordinary since my Tafe is right in the Melbourne CBD, and Melbourne itself is full of inconsiderate people.

I'll sometimes still open the car door for my missus.... which may be partially due to not having central locking :)

[Wixter1]

I always look out for the elderly, the simple fact that when I'm old I want my kids to still have respect for their elders